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Sort by date 16,481 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Avandia Experiment may have Killed Mom
Mar-17-08 Memphis, TN When Sharon's mom first started taking Avandia for her diabetes, the drug was still experimental. Now, Sharon's mom is dead from congestive heart failure and Sharon herself is worried, after having taken Avandia for more than a year for her own diabetes. "My mom died March 20, 2002," said Sharon. She had been diagnosed with diabetes abou... - Yamaha Rhino Rollover Slices Man's Leg to the Bone
Mar-17-08 Atmore, AL When Mike purchased his Yamaha Rhino in September 2007, he had no idea that within four months, the vehicle would be sitting idle in his mother's garage after a rollover accident left him with a seriously damaged leg. Mike bought the Rhino for work. As a superintendent on a 55-acre worksite, he is responsible for traversing the entire s... - T-Bone Truck Accident Cuts Car in Half
Mar-17-08 Santa Ana, CA A one-ton mining pick-up truck that failed to stop at a stop sign crashed into a two-door Ford Escort, forever altering the life of the father and son inside. And although it happened in August of 2006, the lingering after-effects of the truck accident are still tearing this family apart. Art was driving his Ford Escort to work around... - Motorcycle Student Pays for Instructor's Mistake
Mar-16-08 Broad Brook, CT: A motorcycle accident was the last thing James expected during a motorcycle training course, especially since the instructor was at fault. Yet he found himself with a hefty repair bill and the possible rise in his insurance rates. "Our class had just finished taking a test for the motorcycle safety course," James recalls, "when the... - California Labor Law doesn't tolerate Age Discrimination
Mar-16-08 Oceanside, CA IT engineer Richard Johnson believes he was terminated because of his age and where he lives, that's a violation of the California Labor Law . Even though Johnson isn't even close to his expiry date, "IT workers have a shelf life: I have Windows 98 in an XP world," says 48-year-old Johnson. "Basically they screwed me over at this compa... - Credit Card Abuse: "They Do It Because They Can"
Mar-16-08 Las Vegas, NV Don D. says he will never deal with Washington Mutual again, after the credit card abuse he has dealt with from the company. That abuse includes unfair interest rate hikes, ridiculous over limit charges, and a refusal to provide answers as to why his interest rate was suddenly increased. All this occurred and Don never actually applied fo... - California Labor Law: Is Sick Time Covered?
Mar-22-08 Banos, CA Diane Martinez is still working at Kaiser hospital, even though she has chronic, persistent asthma and severe back problems. "I know they are going to fire me and my union won't step in to help," she says. If Martinez is fired while under doctor's orders, this may be a violation of the California labor law . "Kaiser hospital doesn't want to k... - Attorney Robert K. Rhoads: "It's not like condemning someone's house."
Mar-15-08 Fayetteville, AR Attorney Robert K. Rhoads is a shareholder in Oklahoma City-based Hall Estill , working out of the firm's Northwest Arkansas office in Fayetteville. A 1980 JD graduate of the University of Arkansas law school, Rhoads recently won a $2.6 million dollar jury verdict for compensation in a condemnation case involving the neighboring cit... - Bextra: "They Got Away with Murder"
Mar-15-08 Atlanta, GA "I was told that if my mother had lived--as a vegetable in a hospital bed-- there would be a lawsuit, but because she died, there was no recourse," says Dianne Nev. "Pfizer, the maker of Bextra , can't make you a vegetable and get away with it, but they can get away with murder." "My mother started taking Bextra in May, 2002 after a knee... - Yamaha Rhino Rollover: "It Flipped Too Easily"
Mar-14-08 Gilbert, WV Stephanie C. says that she has been riding ATVs all her life so it came as a complete shock when the Yamaha Rhino she was riding in suddenly rolled over. The rollover caused serious injuries to Stephanie, her husband and one of her sons. Luckily, all survived the accident. "We had been riding around that day [April 23, 2007] from 12:00 P... - Veteran Medical Malpractice: "The VA Did Nothing"
Mar-14-08 Jamestown, NY Raymond says his Veterans Affairs doctor was negligent and committed veteran medical malpractice , resulting in Raymond winding up in emergency care in a non-VA hospital. He also says that his VA doctor ignored the warnings of a specialist, causing him severe pain in his neck. Early in February, Raymond (not his real name) experienced... - California Labor Law: Injury Led to Termination
Mar-14-08 Riverside, CA Since August of 2001, Jeana Cork worked as a nursing assistant for Riverside County. She worked in the mental health department and it was a tough job. "We are the emergency room for every kind of patient," says Cork. She got slammed against a wall by two male patients and suffered four ruptured discs. The County, on advice from their insuran... - $20 million awarded to Family of Mesothelioma Victim
Mar-14-08 San Francisco, CA: It was announced today that $20 million dollars has been awarded in a civil suit against Georgia Pacific Corp. on the behalf of 69-year-old Joan Mahoney, a victim of the painful and debilitating form of cancer called mesothelioma . Mesothelioma affects the lining of the lungs. The lawsuit was also filed on behalf of Joan Mahoney's... - Trasylol May Have Caused Wife's Kidney Failure
Mar-13-08 Oklahoma City, OK Ken E. is not sure if Trasylol was used in his wife's surgery. He is trying to get that information, but admits that anything to do with his wife's death is very painful, so finding out whether or not she was given Trasylol has been pushed aside. In January 2006, Ken's wife had a heart attack. She recovered well enough that she w... - Airport Contractor Settles Discrimination Suit
Mar-13-08 Dallas, TX: On March 11, 2008, Allied Aviation Services, a contractor that fuels airplanes and airports, agreed to pay $1.9 million in a discrimination lawsuit filed by 15 Hispanic and Black employees who were working at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. The employees alleged that they had experienced harassment such as racial slurs and othe... - Overtime Violations Rampant
Mar-13-08 Chicago, IL When will hard working people stop being taken for granted? It's the 21st century and every employer knows that working more than 40 hours a week constitutes overtime , if you are on an hourly rate. It is your constitutional right to file a complaint with the labor board if you have not been paid overtime. And if that doesn't get you anywher... - Asbestos Exposure: Asbestosis can lead to Mesothelioma
Mar-13-08 Poughkeepsie, NY That Asbestosis can lead to Mesothelioma is of great concern to Robert J. He worked as a union plumber and steamfitter back in 1956 when asbestos was used in just about everything he worked with. "Through time, it got into my lungs and now I have been diagnosed with asbestosis," says Robert as he tries to catch his breath, his voic... - Inadvertently Exposed to Asbestos
Mar-6-08 Lewisville, TX Nate's dad worked at General Motors (GM) for 42 years; he is now on disability and has been diagnosed with asbesteosis . Nate's mother died from lung cancer two years ago. "Is it possible that the whole family could have been exposed to asbestos , just from my dad's clothing, from doing the laundry together?" he asks. "Spots showed up... - Vytorin Kidney Failure: "It's going to end my life soon."
Mar-12-08 Plano, TX Three years ago, Jim Wiley was taking Lipitor, a statin drug, for elevated cholesterol and tolerating it well. That was when Merck/Schering-Plough introduced Vytorin , a combination drug that contained their proprietary anti-cholesterol drug Zetia and the statin drug Zocor (simvastatin). That's also when things took a turn for the worse&mdas... - Botox: Two Potentially Fatal Accounts
Mar-12-08 Rome, GA Tanya was injected with Botox in September, 2006 for hyperhidrosis—a condition characterized by abnormally increased perspiration. "I just got the one shot and it was supposed to work for six months to control the excessive sweating in my underarms and hands," says Tanya. In 2006, little was known about its adverse side effects. Tanya di...